That ol' digital Tri-X...

[Bob Ross]

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Bob, I found that Unsharp Mask at 20/50/0 often works very well; but sometimes you have to pull back with a PS curse on the blacks and highlights after that.

 

—Mitch/Johannesburg

Hi Mitch,

Yes the local area contrast enhansement helps, but the lack of an AA filter on the M8 does make it a bit harsh if you aren't careful. I find the M8's files really nice, but my old work flows definitely need revising to get the best.

Bob

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Howard

The Khmer would say, “doi knia” – literally, “same but diferent.”

Also a saying in India.............'same,same but different'

don't know what 'zwo kniee' means....

Yea I am quite used to VIc's way of writing, I don't, but the kids and young adults I tutor do. I read somewhere that In the land of the long white cloud (NZ) it is acceptable in educational circles.

 

Small sensor cameras have a compressed dynamic range and Ricoh seems to have exploited this in regards to B&W, this means that the jpeg colour images suffer in terms of noise. Most manufacturers like sony, pana and especially canon crank up the colour to compensate for the loss of detail with their jpegs.

If you want a walkaround B&W camera and can live with in your face 28mm, the GDR is a great little cam. I even crank my images to the extreme using spot metering

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Howard

The Khmer would say, “doi knia” – literally, “same but diferent.”

Also a saying in India.............'same,same but different'

don't know what 'zwo kniee' means....

 

Thanks for the response. Good saying. Couldn't find it anywhere.

Unrelated to 'zwo kniee,' my own expansion of dialectal German for "two knees." Looked similar to my eye; glad to know that's not 'doi knia.' Thanks again.

 

--HC